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Super Fours

The Super Fours was a women's limited overs cricket competition which was played annually in England between 2002 and 2013, with a break in 2009 and 2010. Designed to bring together the leading 48 players in English women's cricket, it originally composed solely of a 50-over tournament, but in 2004 a Twenty20 competition was added. The tournament, which was created to bridge the gap in quality between the Women's County Championship and international cricket, first featured overseas players in 2008, when Australians Alex Blackwell and Leah Poulton were invited to take part. The competition was not held in 2009 or 2010 due to a busy international schedule caused primarily by the ICC World Twenty20.

Super Fours
AdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
FormatWomen's limited overs
First edition2002
Latest edition2013
Tournament formatLeague (50 over)
Semi-final, Final (Twenty20)
Number of teams4
Current championRubies (50 over)
Sapphires (Twenty20)

The two competitions consisted of four teams, originally named the Braves, the Knight Riders, the Super Strikers and the V Team, but renamed to the Rubies, Diamonds, Emeralds and Sapphires, respectively, in 2006. The Sapphires (previously the V Team) were the most successful team, winning three 50-over competitions and four Twenty20 competitions. Charlotte Edwards dominated the first four years of the competition, finishing as the leading run-scorer each time.

Tournaments edit

2002 edit

 
Charlotte Edwards was the leading run-scorer in three of the first four years of the competition.

In the inaugural tournament, a team-building exercise was initially held at Trent Bridge, at which four teams were selected from the 48 players invited. These teams; the Braves, the Knight Riders, the Super Strikers and the V Team, then faced each other in six contests held across five weekends. The Braves won four of their matches to win the competition, captained by Clare Connor, who also captained the England women's cricket team.[1] The batting was led by England team-mates Charlotte Edwards and Claire Taylor, of the Knight Riders and the Super Strikers respectively, who both scored in excess of three hundred runs.[2] Connor had the best bowling average in the competition, taking her seven wickets at 9.28, but Gill Richards of the V Team claimed the most wickets, taking eleven in total.[3]

2003 edit

For the 2003 competition, the teams kept the same core of players as they had held the previous season. The first round of matches were rained off, allowing each team to only contest five games. The Knight Riders, captained by Edwards, won four of these five matches to win the tournament.[4] Edwards herself was the again the competition's leading run-scorer, aggregating 199 runs, though Lydia Greenway's average of 54.00 was the highest of the tournament.[5] Marsha Davies, also of the Knight Riders, boasted the best bowling average, with eight wickets at 10.62, but Lucy Pearson took the most, claiming ten wickets.[6]

2004 edit

In 2004, the competition was refreshed: whites were replaced with coloured clothing, and a Twenty20 competition was introduced over one weekend in May. The V Team, captained by Laura Newton, won both tournaments. They won three matches, lost two and tied one in the main competition to narrowly finish top of the table,[7] and enjoyed victories over the Knight Riders in the semi-finals and the Braves in the final to win the Twenty20.[8] For the third consecutive season, Edwards scored the most runs in the competition, scoring 386 runs.[9] Clare Taylor was the most prolific wicket-taker, claiming 14 wickets at 13.50.[10]

2005 edit

While the main tournament retained the same format for 2005, the Twenty20 competition altered slightly, adopting a short round-robin style league. The V Team retained their Twenty20 crown, winning all three of their matches.[11] In the fifty over competition, the games were held over three weekends, and the Knight Riders emerged victorious;[12] their captain, Edwards, once more finishing with the most runs in the tournament with 428.[13] Newton took 13 wickets to lead the bowlers.[14]

2006 edit

The teams were rebranded and renamed for the 2005 competition; the original teams were replaced by the Sapphires, Diamonds, Rubies and Emeralds. Writing for Cricinfo, Jenny Thompson was scornful of the change, describing the names as "namby-pamby".[15] In addition to the name changes, the team kits were "more stylish and flattering" according to chief executive Gill McConway.[15] The teams were also selected based loosely on geography, giving each team more of an identity.[16] The Sapphires (previously the V Team) won the competition, emerging victorious in four of their six matches.[17] Claire Taylor finished as the competition's leading run-scorer with 426 runs, the first time Edwards had not taken the accolade, though she did finish second.[18] Newton took the most wickets for the second consecutive year, claiming nine at an average of 23.55.[19] The Twenty20 competition reverted to its original format of two semi-finals and a final, and was won by the Diamonds (formerly the Knight Riders) who beat the Rubies and the Sapphires on their way to victory.[20]

2007 edit

The Twenty20 competition was abandoned without a match played or a ball bowled in 2007 due to adverse weather conditions during the Whitsun weekend on which it was scheduled. In the main competition, the Rubies became the first team to win all their matches during the tournament to finish as winners.[21] Both the leading batsman and bowler were drawn from the Rubies' side; Lydia Greenway's 233 runs led the competition,[22] while the 19 wickets taken by Holly Colvin, at an average of 4.05, was 10 more than any other bowler managed.[23]

2008 edit

 
Leah Poulton (pictured) and Alex Blackwell were the first non-English players to compete in the Super Fours, in 2008.

In 2008, Australians Leah Poulton and Alex Blackwell were invited to compete in the competition, the first time any non-English players had taken part in the tournament. The move was made both to improve the quality of the competition, and to strengthen ties with Cricket Australia, in order that more English players might be able to compete there during the English winter.[24] Poulton finished the competition as the leading run-scorer, appearing for the Sapphires,[25] who won the 50-over competition, winning three of their four completed matches.[26] The Twenty20 competition was won by the Rubies, for whom Blackwell played.[25]

2011 edit

Due to busy international schedules, the competition was shelved in both 2009 and 2010. It returned in 2011, but no overall winner was declared in the 50 over tournament: Diamonds and Rubies both won two games each.[27] The Twenty20 competition, which once again followed the semi-final and final format was won by the Sapphires, who beat the Rubies in the final.[28]

2012 edit

No overall winner was again declared in the 50 over tournament, with Diamonds winning two games and Emeralds and Sapphires winning one apiece.[29] Meanwhile, Rubies won the Twenty20 competition, beating Sapphires in the final by 6 wickets, with Lydia Greenway scoring a half-century.[30]

2013 edit

In 2013, the four teams were condensed into three, with Diamonds being disbanded. Leicestershire and Rutland Under-16 Boys competed in both formats to provide greater competition. The three women's teams won one 50 over game apiece, with one no result.[31] In the Twenty20 competition, Sapphires claimed their fourth title, beating Emeralds in the final by 5 wickets.[32]

Winners edit

List of Super Fours winners
Year Winner (50 overs) Winners (Twenty20)
2002 Braves Not competed
2003 Knight Riders Not competed
2004 V Team V Team
2005 Knight Riders V Team
2006 Sapphires Diamonds
2007 Rubies Abandoned
2008 Sapphires Rubies
2009 Not competed
2010 Not competed
2011 No overall winner Sapphires
2012 No overall winner Rubies
2013 No overall winner Sapphires

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Salmon, Carol (2003). "English Women's Cricket, 2002". In de Lisle, Tim (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2003 (140 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. pp. 1127–1128. ISBN 0-947766-77-4.
  2. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2002 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2002 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. ^ Salmon, Carol (2004). "English Women's Cricket, 2003". In Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2004 (141 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. p. 944. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  5. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2003 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2003 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. ^ Potter, Sarah (2005). "English Women's Cricket, 2004". In Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2005 (142 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. pp. 1001–1002. ISBN 0-947766-89-8.
  8. ^ . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2004 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2004 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Super Fours Twenty20 2005 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Super Fours 2005 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2005 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2005 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  15. ^ a b Thompson, Jenny (24 May 2006). "Rebranding fails to dazzle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  16. ^ Potter, Sarah (2007). "English Women's Cricket, 2006". In Berry, Scyld (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2007 (144 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. pp. 1043–1044. ISBN 978-1-905625-02-4.
  17. ^ "Super Fours 2006 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  18. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2006 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  19. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  20. ^ . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  21. ^ Potter, Sarah (2008). "English Women's Cricket, 2007". In Berry, Scyld (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2008 (145 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. p. 987. ISBN 978-1-905625-11-6.
  22. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2007 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  23. ^ "Bowling in Super Fours 2007 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  24. ^ Cricinfo staff (29 May 2008). "Overseas players add sparkle to Super 4s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  25. ^ a b Potter, Sarah (2009). "English Women's Cricket, 2008". In Berry, Scyld (ed.). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 2009 (146 ed.). Alton, Hampshire: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. pp. 946–947. ISBN 978-1-905625-16-1.
  26. ^ "Super Fours 2008 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  27. ^ "Results / 2011 season". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  28. ^ "Rubies v Sapphires: Super Fours Twenty20 2011 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  29. ^ "Super Fours 2012". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  30. ^ "Super Fours Twenty20 2012". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  31. ^ "Super Fours 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  32. ^ "Super Fours Twenty20 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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The Super Fours was a women s limited overs cricket competition which was played annually in England between 2002 and 2013 with a break in 2009 and 2010 Designed to bring together the leading 48 players in English women s cricket it originally composed solely of a 50 over tournament but in 2004 a Twenty20 competition was added The tournament which was created to bridge the gap in quality between the Women s County Championship and international cricket first featured overseas players in 2008 when Australians Alex Blackwell and Leah Poulton were invited to take part The competition was not held in 2009 or 2010 due to a busy international schedule caused primarily by the ICC World Twenty20 Super FoursAdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket BoardFormatWomen s limited oversFirst edition2002Latest edition2013Tournament formatLeague 50 over Semi final Final Twenty20 Number of teams4Current championRubies 50 over Sapphires Twenty20 The two competitions consisted of four teams originally named the Braves the Knight Riders the Super Strikers and the V Team but renamed to the Rubies Diamonds Emeralds and Sapphires respectively in 2006 The Sapphires previously the V Team were the most successful team winning three 50 over competitions and four Twenty20 competitions Charlotte Edwards dominated the first four years of the competition finishing as the leading run scorer each time Contents 1 Tournaments 1 1 2002 1 2 2003 1 3 2004 1 4 2005 1 5 2006 1 6 2007 1 7 2008 1 8 2011 1 9 2012 1 10 2013 2 Winners 3 See also 4 ReferencesTournaments edit2002 edit nbsp Charlotte Edwards was the leading run scorer in three of the first four years of the competition In the inaugural tournament a team building exercise was initially held at Trent Bridge at which four teams were selected from the 48 players invited These teams the Braves the Knight Riders the Super Strikers and the V Team then faced each other in six contests held across five weekends The Braves won four of their matches to win the competition captained by Clare Connor who also captained the England women s cricket team 1 The batting was led by England team mates Charlotte Edwards and Claire Taylor of the Knight Riders and the Super Strikers respectively who both scored in excess of three hundred runs 2 Connor had the best bowling average in the competition taking her seven wickets at 9 28 but Gill Richards of the V Team claimed the most wickets taking eleven in total 3 2003 edit For the 2003 competition the teams kept the same core of players as they had held the previous season The first round of matches were rained off allowing each team to only contest five games The Knight Riders captained by Edwards won four of these five matches to win the tournament 4 Edwards herself was the again the competition s leading run scorer aggregating 199 runs though Lydia Greenway s average of 54 00 was the highest of the tournament 5 Marsha Davies also of the Knight Riders boasted the best bowling average with eight wickets at 10 62 but Lucy Pearson took the most claiming ten wickets 6 2004 edit In 2004 the competition was refreshed whites were replaced with coloured clothing and a Twenty20 competition was introduced over one weekend in May The V Team captained by Laura Newton won both tournaments They won three matches lost two and tied one in the main competition to narrowly finish top of the table 7 and enjoyed victories over the Knight Riders in the semi finals and the Braves in the final to win the Twenty20 8 For the third consecutive season Edwards scored the most runs in the competition scoring 386 runs 9 Clare Taylor was the most prolific wicket taker claiming 14 wickets at 13 50 10 2005 edit While the main tournament retained the same format for 2005 the Twenty20 competition altered slightly adopting a short round robin style league The V Team retained their Twenty20 crown winning all three of their matches 11 In the fifty over competition the games were held over three weekends and the Knight Riders emerged victorious 12 their captain Edwards once more finishing with the most runs in the tournament with 428 13 Newton took 13 wickets to lead the bowlers 14 2006 edit The teams were rebranded and renamed for the 2005 competition the original teams were replaced by the Sapphires Diamonds Rubies and Emeralds Writing for Cricinfo Jenny Thompson was scornful of the change describing the names as namby pamby 15 In addition to the name changes the team kits were more stylish and flattering according to chief executive Gill McConway 15 The teams were also selected based loosely on geography giving each team more of an identity 16 The Sapphires previously the V Team won the competition emerging victorious in four of their six matches 17 Claire Taylor finished as the competition s leading run scorer with 426 runs the first time Edwards had not taken the accolade though she did finish second 18 Newton took the most wickets for the second consecutive year claiming nine at an average of 23 55 19 The Twenty20 competition reverted to its original format of two semi finals and a final and was won by the Diamonds formerly the Knight Riders who beat the Rubies and the Sapphires on their way to victory 20 2007 edit The Twenty20 competition was abandoned without a match played or a ball bowled in 2007 due to adverse weather conditions during the Whitsun weekend on which it was scheduled In the main competition the Rubies became the first team to win all their matches during the tournament to finish as winners 21 Both the leading batsman and bowler were drawn from the Rubies side Lydia Greenway s 233 runs led the competition 22 while the 19 wickets taken by Holly Colvin at an average of 4 05 was 10 more than any other bowler managed 23 2008 edit nbsp Leah Poulton pictured and Alex Blackwell were the first non English players to compete in the Super Fours in 2008 In 2008 Australians Leah Poulton and Alex Blackwell were invited to compete in the competition the first time any non English players had taken part in the tournament The move was made both to improve the quality of the competition and to strengthen ties with Cricket Australia in order that more English players might be able to compete there during the English winter 24 Poulton finished the competition as the leading run scorer appearing for the Sapphires 25 who won the 50 over competition winning three of their four completed matches 26 The Twenty20 competition was won by the Rubies for whom Blackwell played 25 2011 edit Due to busy international schedules the competition was shelved in both 2009 and 2010 It returned in 2011 but no overall winner was declared in the 50 over tournament Diamonds and Rubies both won two games each 27 The Twenty20 competition which once again followed the semi final and final format was won by the Sapphires who beat the Rubies in the final 28 2012 edit No overall winner was again declared in the 50 over tournament with Diamonds winning two games and Emeralds and Sapphires winning one apiece 29 Meanwhile Rubies won the Twenty20 competition beating Sapphires in the final by 6 wickets with Lydia Greenway scoring a half century 30 2013 edit In 2013 the four teams were condensed into three with Diamonds being disbanded Leicestershire and Rutland Under 16 Boys competed in both formats to provide greater competition The three women s teams won one 50 over game apiece with one no result 31 In the Twenty20 competition Sapphires claimed their fourth title beating Emeralds in the final by 5 wickets 32 Winners editList of Super Fours winners Year Winner 50 overs Winners Twenty20 2002 Braves Not competed2003 Knight Riders Not competed2004 V Team V Team2005 Knight Riders V Team2006 Sapphires Diamonds2007 Rubies Abandoned2008 Sapphires Rubies2009 Not competed2010 Not competed2011 No overall winner Sapphires2012 No overall winner Rubies2013 No overall winner SapphiresSee also editWomen s County Championship Women s Twenty20 Cup Women s Cricket Super LeagueReferences edit Salmon Carol 2003 English Women s Cricket 2002 In de Lisle Tim ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2003 140 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd pp 1127 1128 ISBN 0 947766 77 4 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2002 Ordered by Average CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2002 Ordered by Wickets CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Salmon Carol 2004 English Women s Cricket 2003 In Engel Matthew ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2004 141 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd p 944 ISBN 0 947766 83 9 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2003 Ordered by Average CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2003 Ordered by Average CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Potter Sarah 2005 English Women s Cricket 2004 In Engel Matthew ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2005 142 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd pp 1001 1002 ISBN 0 947766 89 8 Super Fours Twenty20 2004 CricketArchive Archived from the original on 6 September 2008 Retrieved 7 May 2012 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2004 Ordered by Runs CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2004 Ordered by Wickets CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Super Fours Twenty20 2005 Table CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Super Fours 2005 Table CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2005 Ordered by Runs CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2005 Ordered by Wickets CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 a b Thompson Jenny 24 May 2006 Rebranding fails to dazzle ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 May 2012 Potter Sarah 2007 English Women s Cricket 2006 In Berry Scyld ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2007 144 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd pp 1043 1044 ISBN 978 1 905625 02 4 Super Fours 2006 Table CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2006 Ordered by Runs CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2006 Ordered by Wickets CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Super Fours Twenty20 2006 CricketArchive Archived from the original on 30 August 2008 Retrieved 7 May 2012 Potter Sarah 2008 English Women s Cricket 2007 In Berry Scyld ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2008 145 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd p 987 ISBN 978 1 905625 11 6 Batting and Fielding in Super Fours 2007 Ordered by Runs CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Bowling in Super Fours 2007 Ordered by Wickets CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Cricinfo staff 29 May 2008 Overseas players add sparkle to Super 4s ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 May 2012 a b Potter Sarah 2009 English Women s Cricket 2008 In Berry Scyld ed Wisden Cricketer s Almanack 2009 146 ed Alton Hampshire John Wisden amp Co Ltd pp 946 947 ISBN 978 1 905625 16 1 Super Fours 2008 Table CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Results 2011 season ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 7 May 2012 Rubies v Sapphires Super Fours Twenty20 2011 Final CricketArchive Retrieved 7 May 2012 Super Fours 2012 Cricket Archive Retrieved 26 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